diegomarahenry Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, btb said: I think the she'll pretty much follow the agenda BJ has set for England, financially I don't see how she can do otherwise. The biggest arse-up today was around mask guidance, she could say it is mandatory in shops and enclosed spaces etc. Work from home is advised where possible. If you can't get paid unless you go to work then you can't work from home. Putting pressure on folk going in to do a job they have successfully carried out for the last 15 months from home could be counter productive and lead to more folk being sick. Even only mandating a return after full vaccination. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, speckled tangerine said: Well, England of course. Brought it back from Lahndon. Do I win a prize? Full marks for effort. I bet she’ll try that line tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 As much freedom as you want.....so long as you don't want foreign travel. No restrictions whatsoever in England. I can't see other countries wanting UK tourists with the rate of infection we have here now and the poor vaccination rates overseas. I was thinking similar when he was bumbling on about projections of 50k cases per day. We will be getting in nowhere with those sort of numbers regardless of loosening quarantine requirements this end. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: The biggest arse-up today was around mask guidance, she could say it is mandatory in shops and enclosed spaces etc. I reckon it’ll get watered down to public transport only, if anything as anything else just seems ridiculous in comparison now England are binning them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Javid laying the smackdown on Whitford's mewling. Absolute minter. Quote Javid accused her of "scaremongering" and "political point scoring", adding: "If anything, the only part of the UK where cases could be described as ripping would be in Scotland, where the case rate is higher than any other part of the UK, in fact I think they have seven of the 10 highest hotspots in terms of number of cases throughout Europe." -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Just now, Abdul_Latif said: I reckon it’ll get watered down to public transport only, if anything as anything else just seems ridiculous in comparison now England are binning them. If they're not needed in a rammed supermarket then they're not needed on public transport either. They can f**k off with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Okay, slag him off but what’s your plan? Constant control by the state, I guess. Scotland has the worst Covid statistics in the whole of Europe. Who’s to blame for that? I don't have a plan, I'm not Nicola Sturgeon (honestly). If you look back through my posts you'll find that I'm regularly critical of the Scottish government. I don't want 'constant control by state', but I do want someone in charge of my government who is strong, consistent and not an opportunity grabbing charlatan and liar, a la Johnson. Who's to blame for that ? Well, a combination of factors are to blame for that. IMHO, the most important factor is the fact that the the UK kept India off the red list simply because Johnson wanted to go there and beg for a trade deal. Thousands of people on hundreds of flights came into the country unhindered and spread the variant all around the country. That, my friend, is solely Johnson's fault. That's before even starting on the undoubted fact that Johnson changes message almost as often as he changes his wife. Something he says today will change tomorrow and will be denied the day after. Right wing populism at it's very worst. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdul_Latif Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, virginton said: If they're not needed in a rammed supermarket then they're not needed on public transport either. They can f**k off with that. Oh I completely agree, I just don’t see the SG allowing all change of virtue signaling to pass here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I’m not going back to the office. I left a half drunk cup of coffee on my desk and a bag of fruit in my drawer. That desk will have gone feral. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: Who's to blame for that ? Well, a combination of factors are to blame for that. IMHO, the most important factor is the fact that the the UK kept India off the red list simply because Johnson wanted to go there and beg for a trade deal. Thousands of people on hundreds of flights came into the country unhindered and spread the variant all around the country. That, my friend, is solely Johnson's fault. No, this is complete and utter bollocks. If it was down to an external, UK-wide factor like this, then the vowel-haters wouldn't have a fraction of the case rates in Scotland. The reasons why Scotland is the Covid capital of Europe are a) not rolling out the vaccine as effectively as other countries (hence Wales), as well as b) the Tartan Army going 'on manoeuvres' without a ticket in London, that has acted as a super-spreader event above all others. The SG shat out of taking any unpopular measures to combat that, while placing arbitrary and laughable travel bans on Manchester and Blackburn instead. Edited July 5, 2021 by vikingTON 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: If Sturgeon doesn't announce something VERY similar tomorrow she can go f**k herself. If restrictions aren’t lifted by the 9th August as said. SNP will no longer get my vote. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleMoo Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Covid over as a public health crisis then?Don't start that fucking chat! Last time you said that it all went arse over elbow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Lyle Lanley said: If restrictions aren’t lifted by the 9th August as said. SNP will no longer get my vote. I hope Nicola Sturgeon doesn’t read that or she’ll not sleep tonight. -10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Bring back drink on the trains. Not that I stopped but it's the principle 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said: If restrictions aren’t lifted by the 9th August as said. SNP will no longer get my vote. Why are you so happy with 9th August? School holidays start earlier here so the logic says we should open up by 19th July latest. Youre so easily pleased! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Ron Aldo said: Just came to say the very same. A picture of fucking health indeed. Stewart Lee has let herself go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I don't want to go back to the office because I hate my job and most of the c***s I work with 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny van Axeldongen Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Ron Aldo said: Just came to say the very same. A picture of fucking health indeed. Did they say if she had any underlying health conditions? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 9 minutes ago, virginton said: No, this is complete and utter bollocks. If it was down to an external, UK-wide factor like this, then the vowel-haters wouldn't have a fraction of the case rates in Scotland. The reasons why Scotland is the Covid capital of Europe are a) not rolling out the vaccine as effectively as other countries (hence Wales), as well as b) the Tartan Army going 'on manoeuvres' without a ticket in London, that has acted as a super-spreader event above all others. The SG shat out of taking any unpopular measures to combat that, while placing arbitrary and laughable travel bans on Manchester and Blackburn instead. Sorry for it being bollox. I haven't checked back, but I can pretty much guarantee there was NO SINGLE POSTER on here criticising Scotland fans for travelling down to London for the game. In fact, I seem to remember plenty of the usual suspects glorying in the photos of the TA partying in Leicester Square with plenty of comments of how great it was that restrictions were completely ignored. You can't turn round now and criticise Sturgeon for not forbidding travel. The rise in cases are indeed a consequence of thousands of younger people travelling together to London, but IIRC every single poster on here saw that as an acceptable consequence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Dunno about the private sector but the public sector have binned off most of their offices. We are never going back 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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